1957

Jerry Woodward's 1929 Ford Model-A Roadster, "Thunder Road", of Utah was completed in 1957. The car was pinstriped by Tommy the Greek and it featured a mural on the glove box by Dean Jeffries. Jerry won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award with the car at the 1957 National Roadster Show in Oakland.

Jack Schleich's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe of Oceanside, New York was first built in 1957. This is how it appeared in 1958.

Ron Guidry's 1936 Ford 5-Window Coupe

Herb Gary's 1949 Plymouth - The Aztec

The second version of Santo Vasques' 1950 Chevrolet was scalloped by Larry Watson in 1957. According to Larry, it was the wildest scallop paint-job he did that year.

Pete Millino's 1950 Ford Convertible

Buddy Alcorn's 1950 Mercury as it looked after Dick Jackson updated it in 1957.

Chuck Sanders' 1951 Oldsmobile, The Black Panther, as it appeared in 1957.

Don Chaves' 1953 Mercury, after it was restyled for the second time in 1957.

The third version of Duane Steck's 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air, The Moonglow, was completed in 1957.

Buzz McLeod's 1954 Ford Convertible of Seattle, Washington. This version of Buzz's Ford was completed in 1957.

Bobby Yamazaki's 1954 Mercury was completed in 1957. The car was destroyed in the Barris Kustoms shop fire only hours after it was ready for delivery.

Dick Gonzales' 1955 Studebaker as it looked in 1957. This version was known as Strawberries and Cream.

An early version of Eric Bracher's 1956 Chevrolet as it appeared in 1957

The first version of Ron Aguirre's 1956 Chevrolet Corvette, The X-Sonic as it looked in 1957 after Ed Roth had painted and pinstriped it for the first time.

Joe Crisafulli's 1956 Oldsmobile of San Jose, California. Joe was a member of the San Jose Rod and Wheelers car club, and the Olds was restyled during the summer of 1957.

Dean Jeffries' 1956 Porsche 356 Carrera

Bob Palladino's 1957 Buick Century - The Candy Wagon

Jack James' 1957 Buick Special received a flame-paint-job by Larry Watson in 1957.

The first version of Darol Jorgenson's 1957 Chevrolet Corvette as it looked in 1957.

The 2nd annual Portland Roadster Show was held October 18 thru 20, 1957 at the Multnomah County Fair Grounds in Gresham, Oregon.

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In 1957 Gene Winfield came up with his famous faded, blended candy paint job technique. The technique was discovered after he tried to blend two candy colors together. The faded paint job is a trademark of Gene Winfield, and he has been traveling all over the world laying his famous paint jobs.